High Energy

With the aim of improving job security of people working in the electricity sector, the Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía (ITE) and the Instituto Tecnológico del Textil (Aitex) started a collaboration in 2010 that resulted in an Electric Arc and Plasma Laboratory that, in a few months functioning, became a worldwide reference point.

The Electric Arc and Plasma Laboratory, where both materials and protective clothing are tested, has two twin rooms in order to generate electric arcs up to 1.5 seconds and then accelerate the testing processes.

Moreover, in this building there is another room where materials are prepared to recreate the conditions of a real work environment, such as pre-washing, that could affect their properties.